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Originally Posted by darkhorse
Why? Great teams usually have a couple of good players on the bench.
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Financial reasons. They probably wouldn't be able to afford to sign Wallace and renegotiate Billups' contract. (If you go by what ESPN says)
"Barring the collapse of a deal that would bring Kelvin Cato's expiring contract and a 2006 lottery pick to Detroit, sending Milicic to Orlando will create the salary-cap space that allows the Pistons to re-sign Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups without a blink. It'll also give the Pistons another lottery pick to probe for a better selection than Darko proved."
"When Detroit does re-sign Big Ben and Chauncey, it'll have taken the bold (and expensive) step of committing an average salary of at least $10 million to five players. That's why Milicic -- like Mehmet Okur before him -- was always likely to be moved in the summer at the latest if something didn't materialize at the deadline. Even if he had cracked Flip Saunders' rotation, which sadly didn't come close to happening, Detroit couldn't afford to sign Milicic to a contract extension given the tab for the five starters."